Display container



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DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed Feb. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 3, 1929UNITED STATES GOTTFRIED WICKLEIN, OF NUREMBERG, GERMANY DISPLAYCONTAINER Application filed February 8, 1928, Serial No.

Display containers which have so far been used for the reception anddisplay of sweets, drops, confectionery or the like have preferably beenso constructed that they may be used in horizontal position, as forinstance described in the German Patent 811000. These containers inspite of certain advantages are connected with the drawback, that theycannot be immediately laid one on top of the other so as to be built upin the form of a unitary block or the like and that special supports orframes are therefore necessary in order to support the same. The severalcontainers of this kind have therefore been placed beside and above eachother by the aid of frames or supports in order to build up a properstructure and in order to attain a secured position of the severalcontainers and to avoid said containers from dropping or sliding offeach other.

In many cases now such supports or frames, which must be especially madefor this purpose and therefore require additional expenses, areundesirable. Such supports or frames are furthermore connected with thedisadvantage that a part of the containers will be covered up by thesame, thus rendering it impossible to properly and fully display saidcontainers.

According to this invention these disadvantages are avoided and theseveral pocketshaped containers may be placed one on the top of theother in a relatively simple manner, so that the expensive and otherwiseundesirable frames or supports will be entirely dispensed with and sothat the containers when put together will form a transparent unitaryblock.

According to this invention this is at tained by providing on eachcontainer alternately at the top and bottom thereof a recessed and aprojecting supporting member which when setting up the containers willengage with each other, thereby securing an absolute firmness of theblock of containers.

In the accompanying drawing several containers according to thisinvention are shown in different forms of construction.

The first form of construction of the new container is shown in Figs. 1and 2, in the 251,575, and in Germany September 21, 1927.

former figure as a lateral view partly broken away and in the latterfigure as a rear View likewise partly broken away, while Fig. 3 is alateral view similar to Fig. 1 showing a pair of containers united witheach other. The second form of construction is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 ina lateral and rear view respectively, while a third form of constructionis shown in a similar manner in Figs. 6 and 7 Figs. 8 and 9 show in thesame manner a fourth form of construction of the container according tothis invention.

The pocket-like container 1 consists of glass and is provided in allforms of construction with a cover 2 in the form of a stopper. Accordingto Figs. 1 to 3 the container is provided at its under side with arecessed supporting surface 5 formed by the ledge 4 which passes aroundthe bottom of said container.

At the upper side of the container there is further provided asupporting member 3 likewise in the form of a ledge passing around theupper part of said container, said ledge being arranged and formed insuch a manner that it willcorrespond in shape to the bottom support 5 ofsaid container so that the containers may be placed one on top of theother, the bottom supporting member of the upper container engaging withthe top supporting member of the under container. By this the entirestructure of a block or stack of containers which is provided by pilingup a plurality of containers will be rendered absolutely firm and rigidand every danger of sliding of the containers will be fully avoided.

According to Figs. 4 and 5 the under supporting member of the container1 is formed by providing only relatively short corner pieces 1, whilethe top of the container is provided with projections 3 and 3 which fitinto said corner pieces 4 provided at the under part of the container.

The under supporting members 1 and 4 as well as the upper supportingmembers 3 and 3 outside of the wall of the container are preferablyprovided for the purpose of having an entirely smooth interior surfaceof the containers. This, however, is practically not necessary. Thesupporting member may also be constructed as shown in Figs. 6

and 7 by pressing the under and upper Walls of the container into suchform that they will form a recess 5 and a corresponding projection 5 atthe top and bottom surfaces of the container respectively. Thedimensions of the recess 5 as Well as of the projection 5 are so chosenthat said projection 5 will fit into the recess 5 of the container whenplaced underneath another container. The ledge-shaped form of theseinwardly or outwardly pressed supporting surfaces may be retained, ifthe construction is made as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. In this case theunder supporting recesses 5 are pressed into the bottom of the containerlaterally of the under longitudinal supporting edges, while thesupporting ledges 3 are pressed outward along the longitudinal edges ofthe upper wall of the container.

I claim:

A container for the reception and display of sweets, drops,confectionery and the,like, said container comprising in combination aplurality of pocket-shaped individual containers, an opening at thefront of each of said containers, a cover for each of said openings, aprojecting ledge passing around the bottom surface of each individualcontainer, said projecting ledge adapted to form simultaneously asupporting foot for the upper containers, and a pair of projectingledges arranged longitudinally on the top surface of each individualcontainer, said latter projecting ledges adapted to engage with saidaforementioned projecting ledge and to form the upper supportfor each ofsaid individual containers.

In testimony whereof I affix my slgnature.

GOTTFRIED WICKLEIN.

